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Published: August 22, 2018

Adcom Director Demystifies New Tuck Application Essays

Amid extensive international and domestic recruitment travel, Luke Anthony Peña—who leads admissions at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business—found some rare downtime to devote an August post on the Tuck360: MBA Blog to the school’s new essay prompts. The new essays are part of an overhaul of Tuck’s admissions criteria designed to streamline and simplify the process. The topic of the new essays has come up a lot as part of recent admissions events for prospective applicants across Asia and North America, Peña said. “There’s lots of advice and guidance for our revised essays popping Read more

Published: August 22, 2018

MBA News You Need: Tuck Launches New Center for Entrepreneurship, Simon Rochester Receives STEM Designation for MBA, LBS Announces New Masters Program in Analytics, and More

Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print and provide a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top business schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of August 22, 2018. These Nine African Startups Are Working Toward a More Inclusive World MIT Sloan recently announced the nine African startup finalists of the Initiative on the Digital Economy’s Inclusive Innovation Challenge, all of which use technology to “reinvent the future of work.” Initiative Director Erik Brynjolfsson writes, “If we employ inclusive innovation globally, Read more

Published: August 15, 2018

MBA News You Need: Top 10 Business Schools with Lowest Acceptance Rates, Yale SOM Welcomes Class of 2020, UNC Kenan-Flagler Breaks Giving Records, and More.

Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print and provide a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top business schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of August 16, 2018. These 10 Business Schools Are the Hardest to Get Into, Says U.S. News To qualify getting into an elite business school as “difficult” is kind of like saying LeBron James is “pretty good” at basketball. Business schools are inundated by literally thousands of applications for the few hundred slots set aside for each incoming class—and Read more

Published: August 13, 2018

Clear Admit and Tuck School of Business Host Webinar – “A Walk Through the Tuck Application”

Are you planning on applying to The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth this admissions season? If so, it may be helpful to know that they have made some exciting innovations to the application process. We’ve just made the “A Walk Through the Tuck Application” webinar we conducted with Kristin Roth, Tuck’s Associate Director of Admissions, available online – and we highly recommend that you give it a listen as it brings valuable insight into applying to tuck! The webinar covered: What a Tuck MBA Candidate looks like How to navigate the application process at Tuck The best advice for taking on the Read more

Published: August 8, 2018

MBA News You Need: PepsiCo Names ESADE Alum CEO, Chicago Booth Begins Summer Business Scholars Program, Tuck Professors Talk Life Hacks, and More.

Published: August 6, 2018

Podcast Episode 17: Q&A with Tuck Admissions Director Luke Anthony Peña, Part II

We are thrilled to bring you Part II of our wide-ranging interview with Luke Anthony Peña, executive director of admissions and financial aid, on the admissions process at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business. In Episode 16, Peña shared about his transition to Tuck from Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB). He also talked in great detail about Tuck’s recently revamped admissions process, including several shifts designed to make it more transparent and applicant friendly. Without further ado, we’re pleased to now present you with Part II of our interview with Peña, including valuable insights into Read more

Published: August 6, 2018

MBA ApplyWire Spotlight: International Candidates

With the admissions deadlines for the 2018-2019 admissions season on the horizon, many MBA hopefuls are posting to Clear Admit’s ApplyWire, a platform for feedback from our community of top-tier applicants to help inform your final choice of schools and approach to admissions. In this edition of MBA ApplyWire Spotlight, we take a closer look at a couple of posts from international candidates. Our first entry is from an applicant considering Indian School Of Business, INSEAD, and London Business School: Our resident admissions expert, Alex Brown, kicked off the conversation: Read more

Published: August 1, 2018

MBA News You Need: Yale Searches for New Dean, Tuck Sets Donation Record, UCLA Anderson Welcomes Class of 2020 International Students, and More

Published: July 30, 2018

MBA ApplyWire Spotlight: Is My GMAT Good Enough?

As the 2018-2019 admissions deadlines approach, many MBA hopefuls are posting to Clear Admit’s ApplyWire, a platform for feedback from our community of top-tier applicants to help inform your final choice of schools and approach to admissions. In this edition of MBA ApplyWire Spotlight, we take a closer look at a couple of posts dealing with the GMAT. Our first entry is from an applicant considering Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Northwestern / Kellogg, U. Chicago Booth, and UVA / Darden—and also retaking the GMAT: Our resident expert, Alex Brown, kicked off the conversation: Read more

Published: July 29, 2018

Dartmouth Tuck Admissions Director Talks Admissions Events and Application Updates

Luke Anthony Peña, admissions director at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, returned to the Tuck 360 MBA blog this month to bring readers up to speed on the latest developments in admissions. In his July post, he offered advice on attending business school events as well as additional details on the recent updates to Tuck’s application process and assessment criteria. His words prove particularly timely given that Tuck’s application went live last week. Below we’ve pulled out the highlights from Peña’s latest post. Admissions Events Summer is a busy time for an MBA admissions team. At Tuck, the team has been Read more

Published: July 24, 2018

Our Latest Podcast: Admissions Director Q&A With Tuck’s Luke Anthony Peña, Part I

In this wide-ranging interview on the admissions process at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, Luke Anthony Peña shares a little about his transition to Tuck from Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB). Peña came to Tuck just over a year ago, after working for several years in admissions at Stanford, where he also obtained his own MBA. With Tuck’s application for the Class of 2021 live as of this morning, Peña’s interview comes at just the right time, providing valuable insight into the school, its culture, and its recently revamped admissions process. For one, he Read more

Published: July 11, 2018

Global Tuck ‘Tails Celebrates Dartmouth Tuck Network Worldwide

The annual Global Tuck 'Tails event gathers hundreds of Dartmouth Tuck first-year MBA students and alumni to celebrate the “most loyal alumni network of any business school on the planet." This year's edition—the sixth and most high-profile thus far—will take place throughout July in cities all across the globe. Read more

Published: June 25, 2018

Tuck School of Business to Host Free Webinar on August 8th – “A Walk Through the Tuck Application”

The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth has made some exciting innovations to the application process. Join Clear Admit and Tuck for a free webinar taking you on an in depth, exclusive walk through the Tuck MBA Application. Whether you’re planning on applying or just beginning to consider an MBA and wonder if Tuck is a good fit for your aspirations, this is your opportunity to gain valuable insight into applying to Tuck. Bring your questions! Kristin Roth, Associate Director of Admissions with the Tuck MBA Admissions Team will host the event, following an introduction by Read more

Published: June 21, 2018

Fridays from the Frontline: Q&A with Tuck Student Ambassador Anchit Duggal

Fridays from the Frontline The Tuck Student Ambassador Program is a unique offering that enables second-year students to work closely with Admissions to engage prospective students. According to the program page, each second-year ambassador functions as a regional captain representing Africa, Asia-Pacific, China, Europe, India, Latin America, the Middle East, and North America. Each student ambassador acts as a “liaison between prospective students from their particular region and other ambassadors.” The Tuck 360: MBA Blog recently featured an interview with Tuck Student Ambassador and India Co-Captain Anchit Duggal T’18. The following post has been republished in its Read more

Published: June 19, 2018

MBA Applicants Hold High Expectations for Business School Admissions Process, Survey Finds

According to the 2018 MBA Applicant Survey conducted by the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants (AIGAC), MBA applicants expect a lot from business schools as they make their way through the admissions process. Not only do they want the schools themselves to be more transparent—including providing status updates, feedback, and earlier wait list decisions—they also want more consultant advice and interaction. “More transparency in terms of the status of the application will be appreciated,” wrote one survey respondent. “Leading schools like [schools] were notoriously quiet about the application for more than 5 weeks..” Even applicants whose bids for admission were unsuccessful want more from schools. "Feedback at some point would be fantastic," wrote one. "At least some indication of what portion of an application was below expectation would be helpful even just for personal development.” The latest annual AIGAC survey drew almost 2,000 responses from applicants to more than two dozen leading business schools. Results were released as part of the admissions consultant group's annual conference, which took place last week at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management. Read more

Published: June 11, 2018

These Four Attributes Will Help You Get into Tuck’s MBA Program

Nice guys finish last? Not so if you’re an applicant to the MBA program at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business. Tuck’s admissions director yesterday outlined new, simplified criteria for evaluating MBA applicants—part of the school’s continuing commitment to being as open and transparent in its admissions process as possible. When it comes right down to it, Tuck wants students who are a combination of the following four attributes: nice, smart, accomplished, and aware. As part of a news story on the school’s website outlining the new evaluation criteria, Tuck Executive Director of Admissions and Read more

Published: May 30, 2018

MBA News You Need: Yale and MIT Sloan Professors Recognized for Excellence, Wharton Global Forum Heads to NYC, Tuck Focuses on Global Impact, and More

Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print and provide a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of May 31, 2018. Three Yale SOM Profs Awarded for Excellence in Teaching Peter Schott Yale School of Management’s annual Teaching Awards recognized Professor Peter Schott, Professor Juan Trippe, and Assistant Professor Florian Ederer for their outstanding contributions to the Yale community. First-year MBA students elected the winner of the Core Curriculum Teaching award (Schott) while Second-year MBA Read more

Published: May 28, 2018

MBA ApplyWire Spotlight: Admissions Profile Feedback on School Choices

As the 2018-2019 admissions season is on the horizon, many MBA applicants are posting to Clear Admit’s ApplyWire, a tool that supports MBA application strategy. As an applicant, by identifying the business schools you are considering applying to, along with a little information about your credentials and goals, you can get feedback from our community of top-tier applicants to help inform your final choice of schools. In this edition of MBA ApplyWire Spotlight, we take a closer look at two recent posts from new candidates for the Class of 2021. We start with a candidate highly focused on the GMAT: Clear Admit’s resident experts offered feedback on the overall application strategy, as well as ideal targets for the GMAT: Read more

Published: May 23, 2018

Tuck Adcom Luke Anthony Peña Blogs About May Admissions Developments

Executive Director of Admission and Financial Aid Luke Anthony Peña once again took to the Tuck360: MBA Blog to share the latest happenings on the Dartmouth Tuck School of Business campus. Read more

Published: May 16, 2018

MBA News You Need: Cornell Studies the Power of Personal Endorsements for MBA Applicants, Two HBS Professors Honored for Teaching, Video Reveals Duke Fuqua Pronunciation, and More.

Published: May 7, 2018

Dartmouth Tuck Unveils New Inclusive Leadership Initiative

Increasing inclusion and diversity has been a decade-long mission at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business. Now, Director of Strategic Initiatives Dia Draper is broadening the scope of that work with the launch of the Inclusive Leadership Initiative (ILI). The new framework will bring together principles of diversity and inclusion to educate leaders across the university. Read more

Published: April 27, 2018

Tuck Announces $250 Million Capital Campaign for Tomorrow’s Wise Leaders

Tuck School of Business has unveiled a new $250 million capital campaign designed to support “people, programs, and places” through increased financial aid resources for students and significant investments in the business school’s faculty, as well as program innovation and campus upgrades. Called “The Tuck Difference: The Campaign for Tomorrow’s Wise Leaders,” the fundraising campaign is part of a Dartmouth-wide initiative. Key supporters have already pledged $132 million, surpassing an earlier goal. People “Our most cherished asset is talent,” Tuck Dean Matthew Slaughter said in a press release. “The dynamism and diversity of our students and Read more

Published: April 18, 2018

MBA News You Need: Demand Increases for Data-Driven Degrees, Wharton Launches New Health Initiative, Yale SOM MBA Students Study Ethics in the Holocaust, and More

Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print to give you a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of April 19, 2018. MBA Students Demand Data Science Degrees At one point it was common knowledge that an MBA was the most surefire path to a premier corporate job. The tides have begun to turn. These days, companies actively seek out business professionals with a different skill: the ability to understand and speak to software engineers. This need has Read more

Published: April 12, 2018

Fridays from the Frontline: 5 Reasons to Attend Tuck Military Visit Day in the Spring

Fridays from the Frontline Many business schools have stepped up their veteran outreach in recent years. In addition to government-subsidized financial aid unique to military personnel, like the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill and the Yellow Ribbon Program, a handful of schools also offer fellowships like Olin’s Veterans Association Scholarship. Conferences, events, and panels specific to military personnel are a major component of these outreach efforts. One example is the upcoming Military Visit Day at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, designed to introduce vets to school’s singular campus culture. It will take place on Sunday, April 29th and Monday, April 30th. In today’s Read more

Published: April 9, 2018

Tuck Adcom Luke Anthony Peña to Pen Monthly Admissions Open Letter

Heading into his ninth month leading MBA admissions at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, Luke Anthony Peña took to the Tuck360: MBA Blog last week to share the month’s happenings on campus. “I have a deep appreciation for our well-earned reputation as an accessible and transparent community,” he wrote. “In that spirit, I want to keep you updated on what’s happening here—at Tuck, in Admissions, and with me personally.” His April communication will be the first of monthly open letters designed to keep prospective applicants in the know. Luke Read more

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Dartmouth / Tuck

CLASS SIZE: 296

FEMALE: 44%

MEAN GMAT: 727

MEAN GPA: 3.6

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November 17, 2024 9:24am ET

Applying: Columbia, , Georgetown / McDonough, Harvard Business School, INSEAD, NYU Stern, Oxford / Saïd, Stanford GSB, UCLA Anderson, Yale SOM

Pre-MBA Career: Higher Education

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Media, Undecided Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey , JP Morgan , Morgan Stanley , JP Morgan Chase , Apple , Google , Microsoft , Andressen Horowitz , Charles River , Sequoia Capital , Blackstone , KKR , 21st Century Fox , Comcast , Walt Disney

GPA: 3.97

Years of Work Experience: 5

Location: Denver, Colorado

Post MBA Location: New York City

November 16, 2024 5:16pm ET

Applying: ESADE, IE Business School, IESE

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Tech

Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Pharmaceutical Companies: Apple , Facebook , Google , Microsoft , Oracle , Johnson & Johnson , Novartis , Pfizer , Roche

GMAT: 525

GPA: 2.79

Years of Work Experience: 4

Post MBA Location: Europe

Notes:

Asian, female, USA. Top 10 Undergraduate school in USA, majored in Biomedical Engineering. Worked for Salesforce, Accenture, and Microsoft within sales department. Major accomplishments within sales roles. Strong personal essays. Letters of Recommendations from direct managers. Founder and held multiple leadership positions in school clubs during Undergrad. Just a really bad test taker and cannot seem to get my scores up no matter how many times I take it specifically in the quant section. American trying to stay in Europe post MBA and only applying to European B-schools.

November 15, 2024 9:32am ET

Applying: Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, Minnesota / Carlson, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM

Pre-MBA Career: Insurance

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey , Other

GMAT: 505

GPA: 3.44

Years of Work Experience: 3

Post MBA Location: Midwest, Northeast

Notes:

GMAT Note:
* The score is an unofficial practice test. I am beginning my studies for the real thing now.

Undergrad Majors:
* Economics
* Business Management

Work Experience Notes:
* Insurance experience is at a family business
* I implemented data analytics into business operations since that was not a practice beforehand.
* I help with sales, customer service, bookkeeping, and marketing.

Extracurriculars & Volunteer Activities:
* Worked as an economics research assistant during my undergrad where I consulted public and private entities
* Was part of an economics research project that won a national award for its work in community economic development
* Published 2 university-sponsored economics articles
* During my senior year, I was appointed to a university faculty committee to help plan university award ceremonies and delegate student scholarships
* Won a leadership award from my university
* Economics honor society member
* President of a student club (1 year) and a club's Senior Advisor (1 year)
* Started and led 2 initiatives that installed free smoke alarms in rural area homes (received a leadership award from the American Red Cross for this)
* Ironman triathlete

November 14, 2024 8:16pm ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Cambridge / Judge, Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, emlyon, IESE, Imperial, INSEAD, London Business School, Manchester / AMBS, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, UPenn / Wharton

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Hospitality

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Consumer Goods, Other Companies: Amazon , Apple , Google , Coca Cola , LVMH , Nestle , Nike

GRE: 326

GPA: 3.46

Years of Work Experience: 6

Post MBA Location: Consultancy

November 14, 2024 6:29am ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Georgetown / McDonough, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Consulting, Capital Project Development (Renewable Energy/CCS)

Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Commercial Banking, Family Business, Entrepreneurship

GMAT: 664

GPA: 2.9

Years of Work Experience: 7

Notes:

Pakistani male, looking to get into the financial services industry short term, and long-term make a significant contribution to the family business or pursue entrepreneurship. Studied engineering from UT Austin for undergrad followed by three jobs (roughly 2 years each) and a nine month break in between job 2 and 3. Planning to take the GMAT again in 3 weeks to offset GPA. Goal score is 695. Mitigating circumstances around GPA are just illness and general family/self issues but doubt they will be very convincing.

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November 17, 2024 10:14am ET

Interview Invite to Stanford GSB

Round: Round 1

Received via email on November 14, 2024

GPA: 3.52

GRE: 322

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Technology

Note:

Consortium applicant applied round 1

November 17, 2024 12:58am ET

Rejected at Columbia

Round: Round 1

Received via portal on November 14, 2024

GPA: 3.49

GMAT: 740

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: India

November 17, 2024 12:46am ET

Interview Invite to Duke / Fuqua

Round: Round 1

Received via email on November 12, 2024

GPA: 3.49

GMAT: 740

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: India

November 16, 2024 12:19pm ET

Interview Invite to Northwestern / Kellogg

Round: Round 1

Received via email

GRE: 320

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Application Location: India

November 16, 2024 10:45am ET

Accepted to Boston College / Carroll

Round: Round 1

Received via phone on November 12, 2024

GPA: 3.91

GRE: 318

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: Texaa

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